Overcoming the CAP debate: Two priorities for the EU budget

The UK's presidency over the EU came in a very challenging time. Mainly, the European Constitution had been rejected in France and The Netherlands and Tony Blair was weak at home. Nevertheless, the hopes were high. Mr. Blair’s speeches in June highlighted the main problem that the EU budget was suffering from: a huge misalignment between the priorities agreed under the Lisbon agenda and the actual budget. As he remarked, there is a problem in a Union that wants to be at the forefront of innovation and economic growth but at the same time allocates 40 percent of the budget to agricultural policies.

The opportunity of Evo in Bolivia

Is Evo Morales’ victory in the Bolivian presidential election a threat or an opportunity to the political stability of Bolivia and the Andean region? Although Mr. Morales is seen by many as the former, we tend to think that Mr. Morales and a new national political and social pact in the country can turn out to be the latter.

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